Louisville, North Carolina basketball teams could meet in Hall of Fame Tip Off final

9:00 PM,
Jul. 16, 2013

The UofL scoreboard at the KFC Yum! Center. (File)

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

The University of Louisville and North Carolina men's basketball teams will have to pass one test apiece to meet in a marquee Hall of Fame Tip Off championship game in November.

The national champion Cardinals will play Fairfield at noon, and the Tar Heels will face Richmond at 2 p.m. in the Nov. 23 semifinals at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. With victories, the two powers would meet the next day in a 1 p.m. title game.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which runs the "exempt" tournament along with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, released those game times Tuesday. ...